Sweetie726
Junior Member
What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? California.
Hi everyone. I moved into a new building in November and I was unfortunate enough to pick one where the unit had no hot water in the kitchen. In addition, the rest of the water in the apartment came out brown! Rust water I guess. Anyways, I notified the landlord when I moved in the beginning November verbally, written via Certified mail in December, and finally the repairs were made late January, past the 30 days from the certified letter notifying the landlord of the repairs that needed to be made.
The repairs were only suppose to take 3 days but instead took over a week and a half. During that time, I either had no kitchen (3 days) or no bathroom (7-8 days), which if I understand correctly violates California law and is also a violation of Housing Code. I didn't realize at that time that I should have called for an inspector for a written report etc.... Nonetheless, I wanted to get some advice on what is owed of me from my landlord since I had NO bathroom and or kitchen so my apartment wasn't fully livable! (I had to go to a neighbors every time I had to use the bathroom and shower at school! haha Although this was kinda funny in hindsight it was also very inconvenient!)
Please, please, please, tell me what I should do. Should I threaten the landlord with California laws? Report him? Do I do something with the repair and habitually code? He is super rich but is a major tight ass and is always trying to cut corners! Please help! (and thanks for reading this far!)
Hi everyone. I moved into a new building in November and I was unfortunate enough to pick one where the unit had no hot water in the kitchen. In addition, the rest of the water in the apartment came out brown! Rust water I guess. Anyways, I notified the landlord when I moved in the beginning November verbally, written via Certified mail in December, and finally the repairs were made late January, past the 30 days from the certified letter notifying the landlord of the repairs that needed to be made.
The repairs were only suppose to take 3 days but instead took over a week and a half. During that time, I either had no kitchen (3 days) or no bathroom (7-8 days), which if I understand correctly violates California law and is also a violation of Housing Code. I didn't realize at that time that I should have called for an inspector for a written report etc.... Nonetheless, I wanted to get some advice on what is owed of me from my landlord since I had NO bathroom and or kitchen so my apartment wasn't fully livable! (I had to go to a neighbors every time I had to use the bathroom and shower at school! haha Although this was kinda funny in hindsight it was also very inconvenient!)
Please, please, please, tell me what I should do. Should I threaten the landlord with California laws? Report him? Do I do something with the repair and habitually code? He is super rich but is a major tight ass and is always trying to cut corners! Please help! (and thanks for reading this far!)